1950s
Happy Halloween!
What's weird about this cartoon?Answer after the jump!
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 31, 2008 -
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Category: Paranormal, Cartoons, 1950s, Halloween
Going Steady
Any WU readers confused about "going steady" will certainly benefit from watching this video.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 29, 2008 -
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Category: Education, Family, Movies, Documentaries, Sexuality, 1950s
What Makes Us Tick
Ha-ha-ha-ha! The Stock Market as savior of our nation! (Here in two parts.)
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 25, 2008 -
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Category: Money, Cartoons, 1950s
Understanding Your Ideals
Let us all learn from Jeff's struggle the true meaning of popularity and hewing to our ideals. And just remember: "Grandma's going to be aaall RIGHT!"
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 22, 2008 -
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Category: Education, Family, Children, Parents, Philosophy, Ethics and Morals, Transportation, 1950s
Blasting Cap Danger!
This is a little slow to get going, and we are denied seeing the children blown to smithereens. But it's pretty entertaining nonetheless. I thought the kids did some good acting. What about you?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 17, 2008 -
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Category: Death, Explosives, Documentaries, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #37
We saw how the advertising industry created the concept of "B.O." for "body odor." Here, less successfully, they tried to triple the problem. Note how coyly the term "other personal odors" is used to refer to farting.
Is there any scientific proof that chlorophyll tablets do anything in the human body?
And don't you just love the look of disgust on that gal's face?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 13, 2008 -
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Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Hygiene, Medicine, Obsessions, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #35
Yes, in the 1950's every husband and father had to be emasculated in every possible way. Imagine trying to conduct some kind of Tennessee Williams-inspired affair with your local Liz Taylor of the suburbs while wearing these. The laughter would be heard from one end of the motel to the other!More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 11, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Humor, Jokes, Public Indecency, Husbands, 1950s
Careers for Christian Youth
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 07, 2008 -
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Category: Religion, Work and Vocational Training, Children, 1950s
Babies On Parade
How did this fabulous event ever come to cease?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 30, 2008 -
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Category: Babies, Games, Parades and Festivals, Regionalism, 1950s
The 10th Victim
This article in today's NEW YORK TIMES tells us about "Street Wars," a game played in urban environments by players determined to "kill" each other. Several precedents for this game are cited in the article, but the writer misses the most important and primal one: A 1953 story by famed and beloved SF writer Robert Sheckley, titled "The Seventh Victim."The story was later filmed as THE 10TH VICTIM. Its most famous scene: Ursula Andress using guns concealed in her bra, as seen in the second clip below.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 27, 2008 -
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Category: Explosives, Games, Roleplayers and Re-enactors, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Guns, Literature, Science Fiction, Movies, Sexuality, Sex Symbols, War, Weapons, 1950s, 1960s, Women, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
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